Cooking utensil



July 3, 1923..

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Application filed fieptemher 16, 1922. Serial No. 588,811.

To all whom it my concern:

Be it known that we, WILLIAM P. MIL- Lmand NIoHo A-s J. RAYANIS, bothcitizens of the United States, and residents of it New York, borough ofBrookl n, in the county of Kin and State of ew York, and of New ork, inthe county of New York and State of New York, respectively, haveinvented certain new and useful 1mprovements in a Cooking Utensil, of,which the following is a full, clear, and exact specification.

This invention relates more particularly to a class of culinaryarticles.

. Our invention has for its object primarily Y to provide a utensil of aform designed to be employed as a double boiler or as a steamer or as anordinary pot for cooking food products in a manner whereby such productsas 9 potatoes, turnips and other vegetables will not tend to burn oradhere to the utensil when cooked by being boiled. or steamed,

especially in event of the liquid accidentally reaching a dangerouslylow level, and which ess is completed the surplus liquid may be strainedfrom the edibles for being dispensed with or for subsequent use .inmaking soup or as stock material without requiring the utensil to behandled in a tilting fashion when the liquid is poured from the products, thus overcoming the prevalent danger of scalding of the personattending the cooking. The invention consists essentially at of animperforate outer member and a separate inner pot member having at itsupper end an annular shoulder of larger diameter than the diameter ofthe outer pot member for permitting the inner pot member to be toremovably supported on the ll: of the outer pot member. The portion 0the inner pot mloer below the annular shoulder 18 reduced in diameter aswell as being tapered, and the reduced portion with its bottom wall oris corrugated with spacedeperforations in the side wall parts of eachcorrugation. A. lid is provided for closing and opening the entrance tothe inner pot member, and means is provided whereby it may be releasablyee locked to the inner pot member so that steam will be retained in theinner pot member when food or boiling.

.A further object of the invention is to products are cooked by steamingprovide a cooking utensil of a simple, eficlent and durable constructionwhich may be made in any appropriate size and shape. With these andother objects in view, the invention will be hereinafter more fullydescribed with reference to the accompanying drawing forming a part ofthis specification in which similar characters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in all the views, and will then be pointed out inthe claims at the end of the description.

In the drawing, Figure 1 is a longitudinal vertical section, partly indetail, taken through one form of cooking utensil embodyin ourinvention, showing its parts assemble for boiling food products.

Figure 2, is a longitudinal vertical section taken through the utensilshowing its parts assembled for steaming food products.

Figure 3, is a sectional view taken on the line 33 of Fig. 2, and

Figure 4, is an enlarged fragmentary view showing a section of part ofthe apertured Gil corrugated wall of the inner pot member of v theutensil.

The utensil has an outer pot member 10 which may be of any suitable sizeand shape, though the member illustrated is of a wellknown form havingan annular substantially perpendicular side wall 11, and a bottom wall12, both of which are imperforate. On the edge of the entrance, as 13,of this pot member may be the usual bead or rib, as 14, and protrudinglaterally from the upper part of the exterior of the wall 12 may also bea suitable handle, as 15.

' An inner pot member 16 is provided to adapt the utensil for use as adouble boiler, and the upper portion of the side wall 17 is preferablyof an annular substantially perpendicular shape, as at 18. The lowerportion, as 19, of the inner pot member is of less diameter than thediameter of the wall portion 1?, and this lower portion also tapersinwardly. The tapered portion is of a size to allow the inner pot memberto he re movably nested in the outer pot member 10, and the part oftheside wall 17 at the juncture of the perpendicular wall 18 with thetapered portion 19 provides an annular shoulder 20 of a size adapted torest upon the edge of the entrance 13 of the outer pot member when themember 16 is disposed within the member 10. The wall 17 of the avoided.Extendi inner pot member is of a length so that its bottom wall 21 willbe spaced from the bottom of the outer ot member when the members arenested, and the portion 19 under the shoulder 20 of the inner pot memberas Well as the bottom wall 21 are corrugated or fluted, as at 22, sothat food products, such as potatoes, turnips and other tuberousvegetables and fruit, when cooked in the inner pot member will tend tolie against the apened edges of the corrugations for preventing theroducts from adhering to the wall of the pot member during cookingprocess. In both of the side Walls of each of the corrugations andthroughout their lengths are spaced perforations, as 23, for admittingsteam or liquid into the inner pot member and for permitting the cookedproducts to be drained of liquid by lifting the inner pot member fromthe outer pot member. The requirement for tilting the inner pot memberto drain the food products therein will thereby be laterally from theexterior of the perpen icular portion 18 of the side Wall of the innerpot member may be a suitable handle, as 24c, and the entrance 25 of theinner pot member is closed and opened by a lid or cover, as 26.

The lid 26 has a top plate with an annular flange, as 28, depending fromits under side, and the lid is of a size so that the flange removablyfits snugly in the entrance of the inner pot member 16, while the topplate rests upon the edge of the entrance of this member. The lid may beprovided with a handle or knob, as 29, which protrudes up wardl from thecenter of the top plate of the li and servin as means to releasably lockthe lid tothe inner pot member 16 for retaining the steam in this memberwhen food products are boiled. or steamed therein, in the edge portionof the perpendicular part 18 of the wall of the inner pot member may beone or a number of spaced notches, as 30, each of which maybe somewhatof an l.- shape. Protruding from the exterior of the flange 28 of thelid are a similar number of spaced lugs'or knobs 31 which are of sizesso that they removably fit in the notches 30. The notches 30 and theknobs 31 are of sizes as well as being relatively arranged so that thelid when so arated from the inner pot member 16 is app led to the memberand is disposed accordingly the knobs 31 of the lid will pass into theentrances of the notches 30 with the insertion of the flange 28 in theinner pot member, and by partially rotating the lid the knobs will moveinto the angular portions of the notches which in turn will cause thelid to be releasablyw fastened to the pot member.

A band member, as 32, may be provided for use in conjunction with theouter pot member 10 and with the inner pot member 16 when the utensil isemployed especially for steaming food products. T he wall 33 of thisband member is of larger diameter than the wall 12 of the outer potmember as well as being of a diameter so that the part of the taperedwall 17 at its juncture with the perpendicular part of the wall of theinner pot member will rest on the upper edge of the band member when theinner pot member is nested in the band member. The lower edge ortion ofthe band member is reduced in diameter, as at 34., for insertion in theouter member to allow the band member to heremovably supported on theupper edge of the entrance of the outer pot member, and on the exteriorof the wall of the band member may be two handles, as 35 and 36.

When the device or utensil is used as a boiler for cooking food productsthe inner pot member 13 is removably nested in the outer pot member 10,as shown in Fig. 1, and

the outer pot member'is nested in the band 7 member 32. Sutlicientquantity of water is then boiled in the outer pot member with the foodproducts being placed within the inner pot member so that the productsare immersed in the water, and by lifting the inner pot member from theouter pot member when the products are suficiently boiled the liquidwill be drained therefrom through the perforations 23 of the inner potmember without requiring the liquid to be poured from the inner potmember. When it is desired to use the utensil as a steamer. the bandmember 32 1s removably mounted on the edge of the entrance oi? the outerpot member, as shown in Fig. 2, and the inner pot member is then nestedin the bandmember.- By boiling water in. the outer pot member the steamgenerated will pass into the band member and through the perforations ofthe inner pot member, into the inner member. for suitably steaming thefood products a in the inner pot member.

In the foregoing description, we have embodied the preferred form of ourinvention, but we do not wish to be understood as limiting ourselvesthereto, as we are aware that modifications may be made therein withoutdeparting from the princi le or sacrificing" any of the advantages 0this invention, therefore, we reserve to ourselves the right to makesuch changes as fairly fall within the scope thereof,

Having thus described our invention we claim as new and desire to ecureby Letters Patent 1; A cooking utensil, comprising an outer impertoratepot member, a separate support ing band member having its upper-portionlargerthan the wall of the outer pot member for allowin the pot memberto be removably neste having its lower end portion reduced for insertionin the outer pot member as well as providing an annular shoulder wherebythe for allowi nee e'ze band member may be removably supported on theedge of the wall of the outer pot member, and an inner pot member havingat its upper end an annular shoulder larger than a the band member andlarger than the outer pot member, the portion of the inner pot memberbelow its shoulder being reduced as well as being tapered and thetapered portion with the bottom of the inner pot member also beingfluted with spaced perforations in the outer side wall parts of eachflute. I

2. A cooking utensil, comprising an outer imperforate pot member, aseparate support ing band member having its upper portion larger thanthe wall of the-outer pot member the pot member to be removably nestedin t e band'member, and having its lower end portion reduced forinsertion'in the outer pot member as well as providing an annularshoulder whereby the nd member may be removably supported on he edge ofthe wall of the outer pot member, an inner pot member having at its up rend an annular shoulder larger than the and momher and larger than theouter pot member,

theportion of the inner pot member below its shoulder being reduced aswell as being tapered and the tapered portion with the bottom of theinner pot member also being side parts of each ute, a lidfor closing andopening the entrance to the inner pot memfluted with spacedflperforations in the outer 7 her, and means whereby the lid may bereleasably locked to the inner pot member.

3. A; cooking utensil, comprising an outer imperforate pot member havinga perpendicular wall, a separate supporting band member having its upperportion larger than the wall of the outer pot member for allowing thepot member to be removably nested in the band member and having itslower end portion reduced for insertion in the outer member as well asroviding an annular shoulder whereby e band member may be supported onthe edge of the wall of the outer, pot member, an inner pot memberhaving a perpendicular wall ortion at its upper end larger than. the banmember and larger than the outer pot member, the portion of the innerpot member below its perpendicular well being reduced as well as beingtapered and the tapered portion with the bottom of the inner pot memberalso being fluted with s aced perforations in the outer sidewall 0 eachflute, and a lid for closing and openingthe entrance to the inner potmember, and means whereby the lid may e releasably locked to the 553116!pot member. This specification 'sign I and witnessed this 15 da ofSeptember, A. D. 1922. i

LLlAM P. MILLER.

NIOHQLAS J. KARAYANIS. WitnsessZes: women,

J. Fanomron Caren.

